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noun
A person who criticizes or shames others for being insufficiently woke, or not supporting social justice causes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal, neologism
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Synonyms: social justice warrior
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wokeling, wokester, woketard, wokie
verb
To aggressively chastise or berate somebody for holding insufficiently social-liberal political or social views, or for behaving in a manner antithetical to such views.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal, neologism
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From woke (“aware of social-justice issues”) + scold.
